Ornamental Hyacinth Bean Vine is a charming addition to the garden. This annual climbing bean vine is useful as a backdrop or living screen. Beautiful dark green purple-veined foliage showcases large spiked clusters of 1 inch deep violet & white pea-like blossoms followed by ruby-purple seed pods. Hyacinth Bean Vines produces flowers throughout the growing season! The plant is easy to grow. Requires a sunny growing area. Provide support such as strings, trellis, fence, or teepee of 3 or 4 bean poles so the young plants will be able to twine on a support.

No self respecting Victorian household was without flowering vines, that turned the sunny front porch into a cool leafy retreat; clambered up the side of the house, and clothed arbors and trellises with luxuriant foliage and beautiful Flowers. What better way to create the ambiance of another age than with vintage vines? They are very easy to grow, use a minimum of garden area, and are pest free so they look their best all summer long.

Common Name: Ornamental Hyacinth Bean, Lablab Bean, Mouse-Ear Vine, Egyptian Kidney Bean

Plant Type: Annual

Name Meaning: "Lablab" is an Arabic or Egyptian name describing the dull rattle of the seeds inside the dry pod.

Origin: The species is cultivated in India, China and tropical Africa. It is wild in India and also in Java, becoming naturalized in cultivation. From India, it was introduced to China, Western Asia and Egypt during ancient times.

Zones: All as an annual, tender perennial in zones 9-11

Nature: Vigorous, twining annual vine

Bloom Time: Early Summer to end of season (blooms continually)

Width: 5 ft

Height: 10-15 ft

Exposure: Full Sun to partial-shade (Full sun preferred)

Spacing: 12 in, for thick growth suggest 6-10 seeds per foot

Planting Time: Mid Spring

Planting Depth: 1"

Propagation: By seed.

Inside Growing: Yes, with warm greenhouse conditions. Given enough warmth and light, it will flower continuously.